Rack for tie bags



June 1953 D. M. cams-n5 2,643,003

RACK FOR-TIE BAGS Filed Nov. 13', 1951 INVEINTOR DON/11.0 M; cHH/s n5 Patented June 23, 1953 UNITED STATES -PATENT OFFICE RACK FOR TIE BAGS Donald M. Christie, Haviland, Ontario. Canada Application November 13, 1951, Serial No. 256.022

1 Claim. (Cl. 211-419) My invention relates to a bag adapted to hold ties and like articles. The bag is Similar in general appearance to an ordinary garment bag, but is specially designed with an enclosed arrangement of hanger racks on which ties are placed and stored ready for selection and use as required by the user.

Advantageous features of the invention are that the bag is capable of holding a large number of ties arranged on swingable hanger racks; and that the ties are adequately protected against becoming soiled and creased. Another feature is that the bag is dust proof and is supplied with a hook by which it can be hung on a door or a closet pole. Still another feature of the tie bag is that it is equipped with a vertical hanger rack for holding handkerchiefs. Both the tie racks and the handkerchief racks are carried by a hanger frame.

The invention consists more essentially in the novel construction and arrangement of the hanger frame and rack structure carried thereby.

The aim of the invention is to provide a more convenient and desirable bag .of the kind referred to, and one which is cheap to manufacture.

A selected embodiment of the invention is disclosed in the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a view in perspective of a tie bag constructed in accordance with the present invention, and showing the pliant body of the bag in dash lines;

Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section of the hanger frame suspended from a door of a closet;

Fig. 3 is a view in perspective of the mounting plate for the tie racks;

Fig. 4 is a horizontal view of the hanger frame depicting the mounting plate, handkerchief rack, and the suspension hook in their respective folded positions when the tie bag ispacked for shipment; and

Fig. 5 is a side view of one of the hanger racks for ties.

In carrying out the invention the body ID of the bag is made up of a pliant material common to garment bags, such as plastic. Said body forms a rectangular enclosure of a suitable size and it is supported by a rectangular wire frame l l. The body material is fashioned with a closure by which the interior is rendered accessible. For this purpose one of the side walls of the body is constructed as a separate part thereof and solely attached to the remainder of the body material along a vertical edge ll (Fig. 1) to form a doorlike panel 13. Dome fasteners I4 are preferably used to secure the panel in its closed position. It will be manifest that other known types of fasteners may be substituted if so desired without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

- The hanger frame H is a stiff wire member of rectangular shape comprising the side bars l5 and the end bars l6 and IT. This frame is light in weight and is made of a suitable gauge of wire rod material torender it strong and serviceable for the purpose in hand. It is supplied with a hook it by which it may be supported from a closet pole (indicated at IS in Fig. 1) or hung on a door 20 as by a nail, such as shown in Fig. 2. The hook I8 is attached to the frame II by an eye portion 2| engaged slidably with a crossbar 22.

The crossbar is secured to the longitudinal bars I 5 of the frame medially of the length thereof. Desirably the crossbar is deformed to provide notches 22' by which the hook l8 may be retained in one or the other of its positions of use.

The hanger racks for ties are stiff wire members 23 which extend inwardly from one end of the frame I! and are horizontally arranged in parallel relation. Said hanger racks are pivotally mounted on a supporting plate 24 and are deformed by humps 25 at intervals throughout their length to supply tie receiving sections 26.

The supporting plate 24 is desirably made up of a pair of vertical end members 21 integral with or secured to upper and lower members 28 horizontally arranged and pierced to form aligned holes 29 (Fig. 3) in which the pintle portions 30 of the hanger racks 23 are inserted to make the pivotal connections for individual swinging movement of these racks. The upper parts of the end members 27 are pierced to provide holes 3| (Fig. 3) by which the end members 27 are swingably supported on the end bar ll of the frame ll so that the supporting plate 24 may fold inwardly for compactly shipping the device with the hanger racks detached. Ears 32 are provided on the upper parts of the end members 2! inwardly of the end bar ll. Said ears extend outwardly to rest upon the frame bars I5 in order to preclude the supporting member 24 swinging backwardly beyond its normal position in which the rack bars 25 are held horizontally. The ears permit said supporting member to swing forwardly to a folded position, illustrated in Fig. 3.

From the preceding description it will be evident that my invention provides a tie bag in which a large number of ties may be strung on the hanger racks 23 which are disposed entirely within the body of the bag. To place a tie on a rack it is only necessary to open the cover or flap l3 of the body and to swing the rack outwardly through the opening. When the rackis returned 3 to its ordinary position the cover or flap is closed and fastened.

A further feature of the tie bag is that it is provided with a holder for handkerchief bags. The holder, denoted as a whole by the numeral 33, is fashioned of stiff wire rod material and is or a general U-shaped configuration. The legs 34 and 35 have their ends bent into eyes 36 which are engaged loosely with the end bar I6 of the hanger frame II. The leg 34 is a straight memher. The other leg 35 is deformed to supply a series of inwardly extending loops 31 having narrow mouths, as at 38. In the use of small pliant bags for containing handkerchiefs the usual draw cords of such bags may be easily engaged in a loop to suspend the bag on the holder 33. One of the bags may be used for clean handkerchiefs and another for soiled ones. The holder 33 'depends from the hanger frame and is foldable alongside of the same to make a compact parcel for shipment of the tie bag. The invention is more specifically defined in the subjoined claim.

What I claim is:

A hanger for use in supporting a tie bag of pliant material and comprising a rectangular frame, over which the bag is draped, fashioned of wire rod material to provide longitudinal side bars and an end bar; suspension means for said frame; a mounting plate having upper and lower horizontal members and end members extending above the upper horizontal member, said end members having alined holes adjacent their upper ends through which said end bar of the rectangular frame extends, ears carried by said end members in front of said holes overlying said longitudinal side bars and being engageable therewith to prevent the mounting plate from swinging backwardly, and hanger rods each pivotally and detachably supported at an end on said upper and lower horizontal members to swing outwardly of the frame in a plane substantially parallel to that of the rectangular frame.

DONALD M. CHRISTIE.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,664,892 Meyer et a1 Apr. 3, 1928 1,732,162 Griner Oct. 15, 1929 1,767,545 Mossbacher June 24, 1930 1,968,399 James July 31, 1934 2,116,197 Gersten May 3, 1938 2,194,191 Wolf u Mar. 19, 1940 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 160,394 Switzerland May 16, 1933 

